"The interplay, the spaces left out by one instrument, into which another player would insert a sound, seemed carefully arranged, and this sort of socket approach grabbed me instantly. The mood is one of beautiful desolation and melancholy." ‚Äì David Byrne

"A heavy-riff boom that sounds like Sigur Ros' idea of Black Sabbath ‚Ä¶ the lyrics are in Danish, but this full-moon magic needs no translation." ‚Äì Rolling Stone

It was noted in a previous post that two of this year's Oscar nominees were past guests of the Wexner Center: Martin Scorsese and My Country, My Country director Laura Poitras. A terrible oversight on our part. How could we forget Thelma Schoonmaker (pictured above backstage after winning her Oscar Sunday night), who walked off the stage last night with the Best Editing Oscar for her work on The Departed? Schoonmaker visited the Wexner Center in June 2000 to introduce a restored print of her late husband Michael Powell's film The Edge of the World (1937). Some may not realize that Schoonmaker was married to the legendary British director (A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes, Peeping Tom) for the better part of the 1980s until Powell's death in 1990. Schoonmaker was one of the most engaging filmmakers we've ever hosted at the Wexner Center. She was quite generous with tales about Powell's life before they met and anecdotes about her work with Scorsese and by the end of her visit her deep feelings for both men were evident. Last night's Oscar was Schoonmaker's third, following awards for Raging Bull and The Aviator. Congratulations, Thelma! -- Dave Filipi

Saturday night's sold-out Girl Talk concert in the Performance Space gave new meaning to the phrase "audience participation" as every available inch of stage space was occupied by fans grooving to Gregg Gillis' mashed-up beats. In the end, the stage held, Gillis sweated down to his boxers, and a rowdy time was had by over 500 folks. Also...kudos to local trio and recent Matador Records signees, Times New Viking, who brought the fuzz in a great opening set...

Just a couple Gumbys, actually. Some truly inspired objets d'art cropped up in week #2 of Charles Long's 100 lbs. of Clay exhibition in the Wexner Center lower lobby. There's a block of clay with your name on it just waiting to be shaped into something...like...this: